YouthBank Scotland
YouthBank Scotland Awards

About YouthBank Scotland

YouthBank Scotland is an innovative grant making and empowerment initiative run by young people for young people. YouthBank Scotland builds on young people’s skills and experiences to enable them to give cash for action, funding young people’s ideas for the benefit of the wider community. Through support for local YouthBanks, provision of training for young people and those who engage young people, YouthBank Scotland’s mission is to: • Involve young people in decision making and grant making. • Invest in young people’s potential and their ideas. • Inspire others to do the same.

Why this award?

YouthBank Scotland’s training programmes are based on strategic and practical knowledge of youth participation and engaging young people as financial decision makers and organisational leaders developed over 15 years across the UK.

Our training enables young people to play active leadership roles in their communities. YBS can offer both nationally accredited and non-accredited training based around the needs of your organisation.

YBS have also previously provided training on Fundraising, Team building, Involving young people and much more. Contact info@youthbankscotland.org for more information

Who is it for?

​Aimed in particular at young people involved in setting up and running a YouthBank, but wider applications of leadership and decision-making skills are also supported.

A YouthBank is a youth-led group that sets up and distributes a grant fund to other young people to improve their local communities. Each YouthBank is set up to suit its community’s needs so while they are all based on the same values they look different.